Percentage of public school students at grade 8 identified as students with disabilities and/or English language learners and assessed in science with accommodations, by type of primary accommodation and jurisdiction: 2005

Accommodation

Jurisdiction

Large-print
book

Extended
time

Read
aloud

Small group

One-on-one

Scribe/
computer

Breaks

Magnifying
device

Administered
by school staff

Bilingual
book

Bilingual
dictionary

Other

Nation

0.03

1.70

0.35

5.92

0.32

0.06

0.04

#

0.10

0.17

0.12

0.05

Large Central City

0.04

2.16

0.24

5.13

0.22

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.05

0.42

0.19

0.02

Atlanta

0.21

#

#

7.02

#

#

#

#

#

0.75

#

#

Austin

#

1.26

0.17

1.62

#

#

0.10

#

#

2.59

#

0.08

Boston

0.09

0.58

0.08

9.32

0.20

0.10

#

#

0.75

#

#

#

Charlotte

#

2.67

#

6.79

#

#

#

#

#

0.37

0.06

#

Chicago

#

1.96

0.44

8.21

0.31

#

0.10

#

0.20

0.64

0.05

0.07

Cleveland

0.58

1.09

0.13

8.30

0.70

0.11

#

#

0.25

0.24

1.28

#

Houston

#

0.78

0.05

2.31

0.14

#

#

#

#

1.39

0.15

0.05

Los Angeles

#

1.81

0.25

3.21

0.14

#

#

#

#

0.02

#

#

New York City

#

4.85

0.07

8.10

#

#

#

#

#

0.59

0.68

#

San Diego

#

3.30

0.32

2.79

0.25

0.08

#

#

#

1.08

#

#

# The estimate rounds to zero.

NOTE: Students who received multiple accommodations are counted only under their primary accommodation.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2005 Trial Urban District Science Assessment.